Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Klein Memorial Stadium, Klein<\/b><\/p>\n
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Magnolia\u2019s most difficult assignment is to move the ball consistently against a Klein defense that has allowed 30 points in four games. The Bulldogs have shown they can score: after being shut out by Willis in the opener, they put up 27 against College Station, 55 against Magnolia West and 35 against Klein Collins. Saturday will test whether that production carries over against the Bearkats.<\/span><\/p>\n Quarterback Chase Lowery drives Magnolia\u2019s offense in two ways. Lowery has 489 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns, along with 513 passing yards. Cash Ferrell has contributed 255 rushing yards and three scores. Klein\u2019s defensive front will have to account for Lowery on designed runs and passing plays alike; if the Bearkats contain him, Magnolia will need Ferrell and its receivers to keep drives moving.<\/span><\/p>\n Klein has produced 1,027 rushing yards and 734 passing yards in its first four games.. Quarterback Carter Lattelle has thrown seven touchdown passes. Mike Brown and Kain Bollen have combined for 622 receiving yards and seven touchdown catches, giving Klein two proven downfield options. Magnolia\u2019s defensive challenge is to limit explosive passes while remaining sound against a rushing attack led by Kendrick Brown, who has 331 yards on 37 carries.<\/span><\/p>\n The teams\u2019 recent results point to a meaningful third-down battle. Magnolia scored 35 against Klein Collins but conceded 42; Klein has reached at least 34 points in each of its two district wins. A few stops could determine whether this becomes the kind of close contest the teams played in 2024 or a game controlled by Klein\u2019s defense.<\/span><\/p>\n Special teams could matter in a tight finish. Klein\u2019s kicker Kerian Grimes has nine touchbacks on 16 kickoffs. Field position and clean coverage will be especially valuable for Magnolia if it can force Klein to work through long drives.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Magnolia Head Coach Craig Martin<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cExcited for another tough 15-6A match-up.\u00a0 Klein is a very good football team with a lot of quality players.\u00a0 They play fast and physical on both sides of the ball and we will need to be able to handle and match that physicality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Defensively they are aggressive and have not given up many points this year at all.\u00a0 We will have our hands full trying to run the ball and pass protect.\u00a0 Keys for us will be to identify the pressures they like to bring, stay on blocks, and pass protect well.\u00a0 But we are going to have to be able to establish a consistent run game and throw the ball effectively to be successful.\u00a0 You don’t want to spend all night in 3rd and longs!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Offensively they run the ball extremely well.\u00a0 They use their formations, and motions well.\u00a0 QB has a big arm and really good receivers to throw to.\u00a0 We need to get lined up right to their formations and control the run game without allowing 3-4 yards per carry.\u00a0 DB’s will have to have great eye discipline to not fall asleep and lose their receivers on play action passes.\u00a0 We will also have to defend their 2 point plays to not allow them to get 8 points per score.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their special teams are also aggressive so we will have to stay locked in.\u00a0 They will fake punts, try onside kicks, basically anything you can think of.\u00a0 Their returners are explosive and we need to cover well and tackle even better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Klein Head Coach David Perez<\/p>\n “We are fired up to go against a well-coached Magnolia team. Magnolia has always been a hard-nosed group that is extremely disciplined and knows how to compete. Coach Martin and his staff have always put together a great game plan, and we are excited to see what’s in store for Saturday night.<\/p>\n Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Klein Memorial Stadium, Klein Team Snapshot: Magnolia Bulldogs Current record: 1\u20133 overall, 1\u20131 in district Head coach: Craig Martin Head coach\u2019s overall record: 52\u201330 Head coach\u2019s record at school: 52\u201330 Season So Far August 28: vs. Willis \u2014 Loss, 38\u20130 September 4: at College Station \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97251362,"featured_media":27517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35890,78821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-game-previews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdT9NE-79K","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/txhsfb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Game15-Preview.png?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/97251362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27512"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27655,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27512\/revisions\/27655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txhsfb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Players to Watch<\/b><\/h3>\n
Magnolia<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Klein<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Recent Matchup History<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Keys to the Game<\/b><\/h2>\n
Magnolia<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Klein<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Keep Your Eye On<\/b><\/h2>\n
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From the Coaches<\/b><\/h2>\n